Author: JPD

I was told by old Revd. Martinus Sebushane, who was one of the first natives who was ordained for minister of the church, that he and ten other Christians were brought before Chief Sekwati who ordered them to renounce their christianity, but they refused to do so. The Chief ordered that they be put in… Continue reading The martyrdom of the early Christian Natives:

Chief Sekwati, the father of old Sekukuni, built his main kraal on top of Thaba Mosego (The Hill of Laughter). The Bapedi planted pricklypears and made a high fence of thorn trees round Thaba Mosego, and also built stone walls with peep holes for shooting. One mile to the south of Thaba Mosego, is Modimolle… Continue reading The invasion of the Bapedi by the Swazi

My father, the Reverend J.A. Winter, came from Germany and settled at Bochabelo in Middelburg district. Before he left Germany, he was engaged to my mother, the only child of Dr. Wangemann (the director of the Berlin Mission Society) by his first wife the princess of Mecklenburg, who died when my mother was born. Revd.… Continue reading Introduction